JotCast | Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/1/24

Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 2/1/24

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Dan Szymborski

1:11

But really, they're not lying about going .540

1:12

MLB's playoff system is basically designed to optimize that way

If you want teams to go for broke, a 12-team playoffs is a poor way to do it in a sport as coinflippy as baseball

Birdland

1:12

Am I crazy to think that Detroit should be plotting a swoop for one or two of the remaining big free agents? They're already decent, full of upside, lots of payroll space, and the division is pretty winnable.

Dan Szymborski

1:12

No

Bighen

1:12

Mets o/u 80 wins. Seems to be a serious divide amongst Mets fans if this team is garbage or a fringe playoff contender.

Dan Szymborski

1:12

Over

Johny5Alive

1:12

Based on your 6 year peak comment, you would vote for wright then?

Dan Szymborski

1:13

I go back and forth on him

But I'm not far from yes

TomBruno23

1:13

Its legacy is the site I went to years ago when I need Dan's Transaction Analysis.

Captain ACAB

1:13

BBTF turned into a political cesspool the last few years. A bunch of old white guys screaming at each other.

Judge

1:14

Sorry, mistype. "31 WAR six-year peak is pretty big" So Judge is basically in for you?

Dan Szymborski

1:14

Yes

TomBruno23

1:14

What is the best Green Day album?

Dan Szymborski

1:14

Insomniac

Insert Witty Name Here

1:14

So I know you’re a nerd, I mean, a classical music enjoyer, I’ve been using that genre to put my kid to sleep but I’ve been enjoying it as well. What are your favorites to recommend, preferably original recordings from the composers themselves (joking obvi, unless ZiPs has a Time Machine)

Dan Szymborski

1:15

There are 20th century composers with recordings of their own work

Copland

Bernstein

and so on

My recommendation would rely on the things you find compelling

1:16

But you should email me at DSzymborski@gmail.com. I don't really have ONE great recommendation that's universal

unless you're looking for my favorite version of X work

(like Kleiber for Beethoven 5/7, Bernstein/NY or Bertini for Mahler, etc)

Dalton Wilcox

1:16

As someone so entrenched in da analytics of a sport do you ever question who these numbers serve and for what purpose?

Dan Szymborski

1:17

Not really.

The sad truth about me is that most everything I do in life is because it amuses me in some way

That's probably my grandfather's influence.

1:18

And I love baseball and I like answering questions about baseball, so I do that.

And I'd continue doing that in my free time if I *weren't* paid to do it

Dalton Wilcox

1:18

As a longtime writer in this sport, did you notice when suddenly you found it impossible to talk baseball without mentioning player salary?

Dan Szymborski

1:19

Never had a day

CFH

1:19

After reading about the Chris Correa case in Davy Andrew's article yesterday, I thought - it should be allowed for teams to steal eachother's proprietary data! Let's see some teams hire burglars and hackers! It would really spice up this part of the offseason

Chip

1:19

What's your most memorable Zips result that made you go back and double check your work, then ended up to be close to true?

Dan Szymborski

1:19

The Bieber breakout

ZiPS was absolutely NUTS about him going into 2019

1:21

It's funny seeing those IP projections

TomBruno23

1:21

PSA to all we have live beisbol on ESPN+ starting today and every day through next Friday.

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